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Yakazuka vs VDO 200

posted by  someone claiming to be Alex on  Thu Nov 14 11:52 CST 2002 [RELATED]

Whaddaya know.. I decided to replace the speedo before class today with one that has a working odometer. Got everything more or less hooked up, except I was left wondering which wire was for the tach.

My trusty Volvo Wiring manual didn't help either. On the Bosch ignition cars, the tach wire is a red/white wire.

As far as VDO vs Yakazuka, the clusters can probably be swapped with no real pain, but the wiring hookups look completely different on the back, and the Yakazuka one looks like it lacks the big metal plate on the back of the speedo. The connectors on the back of the clusters are in different places, but look like they're the same style. So you can just swap the entire cluster over, but not gauges between the clusters.

If you really like the VDO speedos, go to the junk yard yourself and pull an entire VDO cluster (they're usually about $20). Make sure the numbers on the bottom of the new speedometer match the numbers on the bottom of yours.

- alex

'85 244 Turbo VDO speedo.






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